Welcome to the Mary's Cup of Tea podcast. I'm your host, Mary Jilkovsky. I'm an author, speaker,

an all-around self-love advocate. And this is the podcast that will inspire you to love yourself.

Hey, self-lovers, I have a really fun and juicy podcast episode for you today with our guest, Dr. Tara.

Dr. Tara is a sexual communication expert. She's a professor of relational and sexual communication

at California State University, Fullerton. She received her tenure at the age of 33. She's also an

award-winning researcher and a sex and relationship coach at Lovebites.co, and also the host of

Lovebites by Dr. Tara podcast that focuses all about sexual wellness and sex exploration.

Her work has been featured in Cosmopolitan, Women's Health

Magazine, Insider, and other media outlets. She gave a TED Talk titled Become Sexually Powerful

that highlights her 5,000 participants study examining predictors of sexual satisfaction

and her journey from an anxious immigrant from Thailand to a confident

sexpert. Her goal is to normalize sex talks and help people live a more passionate life

and feel more sexually fulfilled through confidence and communication coaching. In this episode,

she gives us tips for sexual communication as well as practices for enhancing your

sexual self-esteem because it is so important to be able to communicate your needs and wants

and just feel more sexually empowered as like an energy force, not necessarily the physical aspect that is optional,

but I believe that as an energy force, it's just so liberating to feel comfortable and

confident in your sexual prowess. I hope you enjoy this episode, and I have all of Dr. Tara's

links in the description. She has a really fun TikTok

and a sexual meditation for us to try by yourself or with a partner. So without further ado,

please welcome the fun and juicy and playful and sexy conversation with Dr. Tara.

Hi, Dr. Tara. Welcome to. Tara. Hi, Dr. Tara.

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